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Mobile market brings affordable groceries to food deserts

NCT ID NCT05672186

Knowledge-focused Sponsor: University of Minnesota Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study tested whether a full-service mobile market that sells affordable groceries (about 10% cheaper than stores) can improve diet quality and reduce food insecurity in low-income neighborhoods. Researchers enrolled 262 participants from 12 community sites, randomly assigning some to get the market weekly and others to a waitlist. They measured diet through phone interviews and tracked food purchases over 6 months.

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Active substance
Full-service mobile food market offering affordable groceries
What this could lead to
If successful, this could show that mobile markets are a practical way to improve diet quality and reduce food insecurity in underserved communities.
What could go wrong
This is a completed study, but results may not apply to all communities. The study is relatively small (262 participants) and focused on specific low-income sites, so broader impact is uncertain.

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Study facts

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Phase

Not a phased trial

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Participants

262 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

Jan 2023

Finished

Oct 2025

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

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Who can take part

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Ages

18 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Accepted

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Inclusion Criteria: Community sites (e.g., public housing hi-rise, low-income senior living residence) must meet the following criteria: * locale for low-income populations that experience difficulty in accessing healthy, affordable foods (e.g., public housing residences; low-income senior housing) or a community center in a low-income, low-food access (0.5 mile) census tract; * willingness to be randomized to the intervention or waitlist control; * located over 0.5 miles apart from other trial sites; * willingness to allow for recruitment and data collection to occur in onsite community rooms Participants must meet the following criteria: * being aged 18 years or older; * identifying as the primary food shopper in their household; * being able to speak English or ASL; * living within a half mile of the community site location; and * reporting to be likely or somewhat likely to shop at the market in response to: "how likely would you be to shop regularly at the Twin Cities Mobile Market if it came to your neighborhood each week (response options: likely to unlikely). * willing and able to participate in all study data collection activities Exclusion Criteria: * planning to move in the next 12 months * currently shopping at the mobile market * not having a phone number or mailing address * presence of a condition or abnormality that would prohibit participation in the study or the quality of the data

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  • University of Minnesota

    Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55455, United States

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